From: "Andy Robertson" 
Subject: Re: (urth) Does Gene Wolfe read Cordwainer Smith?
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 05:30:58 +0100


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From: "Alice K. Turner" 
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> Hmm. Considering when he wrote (he died in 1966), I've always thought that
> Smith had a far better grasp of computers than any of his contemporaries.

I suppose we had better be careful not to make this a debate on the merits
of Smith vs Wolfe.   However I will remark that they are indeed stylstic
opposites - Smith has an almost Biblical laconicism which has served him
very well.  I love them both.

    hartshorn


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